This work is supported by a Canadian Health Research Institute (CIHR) Team Grant to Dr. Bolduc (co-PI) and Dr. Guy Rouleau (PI). We would like to thank Dr. Oksana Suchowersky, Dr. Kathryn Todd, the members of the University of Alberta fly club and Dr. Clayton Dickson for help in development of the method and statistical analysis.

Drosophila melanogaster Araştırma Alberta araştırma kurallarına Üniversitesi ile uyumlu idi. 1. Fly Koleksiyonu <ol><li> Gıda ihtiva eden bir 25 mm x 95 mm toplama şişe içinde CO2 (g) anesthetization ve yer kullanarak 20 sinekler toplayın. </li><li> Yatay sinekler içeren Mağaza şişeler şişe dibinde birikebilir herhangi sıvılarda sinekleri yakalama önlemek için. </li><li> Yaklaşık 15 saat için bir kuluçka makinesi içinde% 45 nemde 22 ° C sıcaklıkta en az 21 saat süre ile sinekler inkübe edin. 12 saat ışık ile kuluçka ayarlayın: koyu döngüsü. </li></ol> 2. Tırmanma Deneyi <ol><li> Sonraki sabah, 250 ml&#39;lik bir cam içine tek bir tüpten silindire 20 sinekler aktarın. O sürekli günlük tutmak için silindirin pozisyonunu işaretleyin. Genotipleri arasındaki çapraz bulaşmayı önlemek için genotip başına bir cam silindir kullanın. Her deney ve RO sonunda yıkayıngenotipleri arasında onları tate. <ol><li> Sıcaklık ve 22 ° C ve% 40 nem oranında sırasıyla (vizyon potansiyel kusur varsa veya kırmızı ışık) ortam ışığında deneyler. Sirkadiyen ritim şaşırtmak önlemek için, her zaman günün aynı anda deneyleri. </li></ol></li><li> Bir bariyer film (balmumu filmi) bir sinekler kaçmasını önlemek için (Şekil 2) ile, silindirin üst mühür. </li><li> Bir tripod üzerinde video kamera ayarlayın. 250 ml 190 ml hattında odaklı kamera silindir (17.5 cm) mezun oldu. </li><li> Silindirin dibinde ve gıda şişeleri ölü sinekler sayısını. Mortalite olarak bu numarayı kaydedin. </li><li> Çok hafif, iç taban yüzeyine sinekler yerinden yeteri kadar kuvvet ile art arda kapalı hücreli köpük ped karşı silindir dokunun. Kamerada kayıt basın diğer elinizi kullanarak 10 kez - 5 dokunun. </li><li> Kamerada &quot;Kaydet&quot; düğmesine basın. </li><li> Vid başlateo kamera kayıt ve ayrı olmayan ritmik desen silindire altı kez dokunun. </li><li> Sinekler en son aday andan itibaren 2 dakika süreyle her deneme Davranış ve seçilen her zaman noktasında 17.5 cm (190 ml) (her 10 sn ölçmek) yüksekliğini geçen sinekler sayısını kaydedin. Not: silindir üzerinde işaretleme ml çapına bağlı olarak bir silindir modeli diğerine değişecektir. Hatayı önlemek için, kullanılan her silindir üzerinde yüksekliğini ölçmek. </li><li> Deneme sona erdikten sonra,% 95 etanol sinekler atmayın. </li><li> Tüm çoğaltır taze sinekler her zaman test edilmiştir yineleyerek 2,1-2,9 adımları. Not: 5 suret mutasyon hareket yeteneği üzerindeki güçlü bir etkiye sahip olan yeterli olabilir, ancak, 20 sinek (200 sinekler) 10 biyolojik çoğaltır küçük farklılıkları tespit etmek için önerilmektedir. </li><li> Deneyin tamamlanmasından sonra, laboratuvar bulaşık makinesi ve kuru O&#39;da silindir yıkama / N yeniden kullanılır. </li></ol> 3. Analiz <ol><li> Analyher ze videoları deneme sinek. Her 10 sn, hedef hattı geçmesi sineklerin toplam sayısını kaydedin. <ol><li> Bir sinek geri aşağı tırmanıyor ya düşerse, -1 olarak sinek ve kayıt geri aşağı tırmandı ya düştü anında aynı sayı olarak hedef çizgisini sonraki sinek sayısı. 15. sinek hedef çizgisinin altına düşerse, örneğin, bir sonraki sinek 15 inci sinek ve 16 inci olarak kabul edilir hattı (16 inci sinek) geçmeye. </li></ol></li><li> Deneme kalır sinekler sayısını elde etmek için sinekler (20) toplam sayısından mortalite çıkarma. Her zaman noktasında, hedef hattının üzerinde uçar fraksiyonu elde edilir. </li><li> Her bir zaman noktasında her bir yüzde çizilir (bkz Şekil 3). </li><li> 120 sn veri noktasında performansını analiz ve 2 grup mevcut olduğunda veya ANOVA ve Bonferroni değişiklik ile çoklu karşılaştırmalar için bir post-testi (planlı ve plansız co Tukey için student t-testi gerçekleştirinmparisons). Kolmogorov-Smirnov 17 de normallik ve eşit varyans tespit etmek için yapılır ama aynı zamanda kontrol mutant grubun dağılımlarını karşılaştırmak sınar. </li><li> Yaşlanma üzerinde veri sunmak ilerici bir açığı (Şekil 4) olup olmadığını görmek için farklı yaşlardaki sinekler 120 sn (2 gün, 1 hafta, 2 hafta) tırmanma sinekler yüzdesini arsa için. </li></ol>

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Drosophila önce Parkinson hastalığı 14 ve diğer nörodejeneratif koşulların 1,2 mükemmel bir modeli olduğu kanıtlanmıştır. Drosophila uygun genetik araçlar ek olarak, kendi genomu yüksek nörolojik bozuklukların 19 katılan genler için muhafaza edilir. (Bütün exome sıralama dahil) genom genetik tarama yöntemlerinin gelişi insan hareketi bozuklukları ile ilişkili aday genlerin büyük bir listesini sunmak için devam etmesi muhtemeldir. Bu durumla...

Parkinson hastalığı, amiyotrofik lateral skleroz, kalıtımsal spastik parapleji yıkıcı nörodejeneratif bozukluklar giderek daha kabul edilmektedir. Ne yazık ki, bu nörodejeneratif bozuklukların en işlemler olmaksızın halen devam etmektedir. Bu tür genlerin artan sayıda yol açmıştır bütün exome sıralama olarak genom, tarafsız genetik testlerin yaygın klinik kullanımı, insan lokomotif bozukluklar karışması. Bu ilerlemeye rağmen, erken ve geç aşamalarında patolojik ilerleme, bu hastalıklarda zor kalır. Drosophila kontrollü mekansal ve zamansal bir şekilde gen gereksinimi eğitimi için genetik araçları ile tek sağlar. Buna ek olarak, Drosophila gibi Parkinson 1, Alzheimer 2, zihinsel engelli 3,4 ve diğerleri arasında epilepsi 5,6 gibi nörolojik durumlar için ilaç tarama yararlı olduğu kanıtlanmıştır. Amacımız etkili bir maliyet geliştirmektive güvenilir tahlil hala motorun performansında küçük değişiklikleri tespit etmek yeterli duyarlı olacağını yüksek verimli analizi izin verecek. Drosophila tırmanma davranışı üzerinde genetik mutasyon ve / veya çevresel durumun etkisini ölçmek için kullanılan çeşitli tahliller vardır. Tahlillerin çoğu olumsuz geotaxis veya tırmanma deneyi olarak bilinen tırmanmaya sinekler, doğal eğilim yararlanmak. Benzer 7 phototaxis çalışma için kullanılan karşı akım cihazı ayrıca gravitaxis incelemek için kullanılabilir ki 1967 önerdi. O günden bu yana, Ganetsky 8 ve diğerleri 9 -12 ilk tahlil üzerine inşa etmişlerdir. prensip şişe içinde sinekler bilinen bir dizi yerleştirin ve sinekler şişenin dibine düşmeye neden sert bir yüzeye şiddetle karşı flakon dokunun etmektir. Bu doğuştan gelen bir davranış olduğundan, sinekler yerçekimine karşı flakon üst tırmanmaya çalışacaktır. Bu deney, nicel ve measu olankaç sinekler res bir ayrılan süre içinde flakon üzerinde bir işaretleyici geçmiş tırmandı. Hız yerine sinekler tırmanma toplam sayısının ölçülmesi güvenilir bir parametre haline ve sinekler kriterlerin sayısı 13 anlamlı değildi durumlarda kusurları göstermiştir. Tırmanma deney Parkinson hastalığı 14 de dahil olmak üzere pek çok nöro-dejeneratif hastalıkların incelenmesinde yararlı olduğu kanıtlanmıştır. Bununla birlikte, nörodejenerasyon önceden patolojik çalışmalar 14 görülür burada lokomotif bozukluklar zamanda ölçemeyebilirler kaydetti. Böylece, geleneksel testin kullanılması hastalığın patogenezinde erken aşamalarında incelemek için yeteneğini sınırlayabilir. patoloji sonraki aşamalarında lokomotif kusurların görünümünü olan ilerleme tam kurtarılması için çok gelişmiş bir hastalık yansıtabilir. Bu geleneksel tırmanma testinin duyarlılığı ile potansiyel bir sorun ortaya çıkarmaktadır. gelenek potansiyel yetersizlikHafif lokomotif kusurları tespit etmek için tahlil tırmanma arası sinekler tırmanmaya gerekli olan yüksekliği isnat edilebilir. Geleneksel deneyi 15,16 ölçer sineklerin sayısı başarılı bir şekilde 20 saniye için 10 içinde 2-5 cm&#39;lik bir yüksekliğe tırmanmaya.

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quantitative analysis of climbing defects in a drosophila model of neurodegenerative disorders

Nörodejeneratif hastalıkların kaynaklanan kusurlar Lokomotif subklinik dejenerasyon yıl sonra, hastalığın geç başlangıçlı belirtisi olabilir ve böylece güncel tedavi tedavi stratejileri küratif değildir. Bütün exome sekanslama kullanımı sayesinde, genlerin artan sayıda insan hareket bir rol oynadığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu genlerin tanımlanması rağmen, bu genler, normal lokomotif işleyişi için çok önemlidir kadar bilinmemektedir. Bu nedenle, tedavi edici ilgi yeni hedefler belirlemek için bu genlerin rolünü aydınlatmak için model organizmalar kullanan güvenilir bir tahlil, her zamankinden daha fazla ihtiyaç vardır. Biz daha önce hafif kusurların tespiti için izin verir ve zamanla bu hataları değerlendirmek için yeteneğine sahiptir negatif geotaxis testin bir hassaslaşmış versiyonunu tasarladık. Bir bardak gerçekleştirilir tahlil bir mum bariyer film ile kapatılır silindir, mezun oldu. Eşik mesafesi arttırarak 17.5 c tırmandı içinm biz hafif hareketlilik bozuklukları tespit daha büyük bir duyarlılık gözlemledik 2 dk deneme süresinin artırılması ve. Tahlil maliyetli ve yüksek tekrarlanabilir sonuçlar elde etmek kapsamlı bir eğitim gerektirmez. Bu hareket kusurları ile Drosophila mutantlar aday ilaçların taranması için mükemmel bir tekniktir yapar.

Tırmanma güçlü ve tekrarlanabilir bir davranıştır. (- 30 sn 25) Gerçekten de, bir gün eski vahşi tip sinekler hızla hedef mesafesi tırmanma performansı ulaşır. Mutant sinekler hedefe tırmanmaya yetersizlik tamamlamak için hafif (ya da gecikmiş) için performans bir dizi sunuyoruz. Biz iki farklı mutant allel burada bunu göstermektedir. Birincisi Spastin geni (kaplıcalar 5.75) 18 tam bir silinmesi ile neden olduğu gen Spastin ciddi bir allel. Bu hat (kaplıca TM6b ile 5.75) &#3...

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Quantitative Analysis of Climbing Defects in a Drosophila Model of Neurodegenerative Disorders

We present an optimized inexpensive and reliable negative geotaxis assay in Drosophila melanogaster as a model for neurodegenerative disorders. Being more sensitive to mild locomotor defects, this assay will help screen for potential genetic interactions and drug targets.

Nörodejeneratif Hastalıkların bir Drosophila Modelinde Tırmanma Kusur Kantitatif Analiz

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18.3K Görüntüleme.  University of Alberta. We present an optimized inexpensive and reliable negative geotaxis assay in Drosophila melanogaster as a model for neurodegenerative disorders. Being more sensitive to mild locomotor defects, this assay will help screen for potential genetic interactions and drug targets. 

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Ex vivo Culturing of Whole, Developing Drosophila Brains

We describe a method for ex vivo culturing of whole Drosophila brains. This can be used as a counterpoint to chronic genetic manipulations for investigating the cell biology and development of central brain structures by allowing acute pharmacological interventions and live imaging of cellular processes. As an example of the technique, prior work from our lab1 has shown that a previously unrecognized subcellular compartment lies between the axonal and somatodendritic compartments of axons of the Drosophila central brain. The development of this compartment, referred to as the axon initial segment (AIS)2, was shown genetically to depend on the neuron-specific cyclin-dependent kinase, Cdk5. We show here that ex vivo treatment of wild-type Drosophila larval brains with the Cdk5-specific pharmacological inhibitors roscovitine and olomoucine3 causes acute changes in actin organization, and in localization of the cell-surface protein Fasciclin 2, that mimic the changes seen in mutants that lack Cdk5 activity genetically.
A second example of the ex vivo culture technique is provided for remodeling of the connections of embryonic mushroom body (MB) gamma neurons during metamorphosis from larva to adult. The mushroom body is the center of olfactory learning and memory in the fly4, and these gamma neurons prune their axonal and dendritic branches during pupal development and then re-extend branches at a later timepoint to establish the adult innervation pattern5. Pruning of these neurons of the MB has been shown to occur via local degeneration of neurite branches6, by a mechanism that is triggered by ecdysone, a steroid hormone, acting at the ecdysone receptor B17, and that is dependent on the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome system6. Our method of ex vivo culturing can be used to interrogate further the mechanism of developmental remodeling. We found that in the ex vivo culture setting, gamma neurons of the MB recapitulated the process of developmental pruning with a time course similar to that in vivo. It was essential, however, to wait until 1.5 hours after puparium formation before explanting the tissue in order for the cells to commit irreversibly to metamorphosis; dissection of animals at the onset of pupariation led to little or no metamorphosis in culture. Thus, with appropriate modification, the ex vivo culture approach can be applied to study dynamic as well as steady state aspects of central brain biology.

Ex vivo Culturing of Whole, Developing Drosophila Brains

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Assessing Neurodegenerative Phenotypes in Drosophila Dopaminergic Neurons by Climbing Assays and Whole Brain Immunostaining

Drosophila melanogaster is a valuable model organism to study aging and pathological degenerative processes in the nervous system. The advantages of the fly as an experimental system include its genetic tractability, short life span and the possibility to observe and quantitatively analyze complex behaviors. The expression of disease-linked genes in specific neuronal populations of the Drosophila brain, can be used to model human neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's 5.
Dopaminergic (DA) neurons are among the most vulnerable neuronal populations in the aging human brain. In Parkinson's disease (PD), the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder, the accelerated loss of DA neurons leads to a progressive and irreversible decline in locomotor function. In addition to age and exposure to environmental toxins, loss of DA neurons is exacerbated by specific mutations in the coding or promoter regions of several genes. The identification of such PD-associated alleles provides the experimental basis for the use of Drosophila as a model to study neurodegeneration of DA neurons in vivo. For example, the expression of the PD-linked human &alpha;-synuclein gene in Drosophila DA neurons recapitulates some features of the human disease, e.g. progressive loss of DA neurons and declining locomotor function 2. Accordingly, this model has been successfully used to identify potential therapeutic targets in PD 8.
Here we describe two assays that have commonly been used to study age-dependent neurodegeneration of DA neurons in Drosophila: a climbing assay based on the startle-induced negative geotaxis response and tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining of whole adult brain mounts to monitor the number of DA neurons at different ages. In both cases, in vivo expression of UAS transgenes specifically in DA neurons can be achieved by using a tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) promoter-Gal4 driver line 3, 10.

Assessing Neurodegenerative Phenotypes in Drosophila Dopaminergic Neurons by Climbing Assays and Whole Brain Immunostaining

Here we describe two assays that have been established to study age-dependent neurodegeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in Drosophila: the climbing/startle-induced negative geotaxis assay which allows to study the functional effects of DA neurons degeneration and the tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining which is used to identify and count DA neurons in whole brain mounts.

Içinde Nörodejeneratif fenotipleri değerlendirilmesi<em&gt; Drosophila</em&gt; Tırmanma Tahliller tarafından Dopaminerjik nöronlar ve Tüm Beyin immün

Drosophila melanogaster is a valuable model organism to study aging and pathological degenerative processes in the nervous system. The advantages of the ...

Fast Micro-iontophoresis of Glutamate and GABA: A Useful Tool to Investigate Synaptic Integration

One of the fundamental interests in neuroscience is to understand the integration of excitatory and inhibitory inputs along the very complex structure of the dendritic tree, which eventually leads to neuronal output of action potentials at the axon. The influence of diverse spatial and temporal parameters of specific synaptic input on neuronal output is currently under investigation, e.g. the distance-dependent attenuation of dendritic inputs, the location-dependent interaction of spatially segregated inputs, the influence of GABAergig inhibition on excitatory integration, linear and non-linear integration modes, and many more.
With fast micro-iontophoresis of glutamate and GABA it is possible to precisely investigate the spatial and temporal integration of glutamatergic excitation and GABAergic inhibition. Critical technical requirements are either a triggered fluorescent lamp, light-emitting diode (LED), or a two-photon scanning microscope to visualize dendritic branches without introducing significant photo-damage of the tissue. Furthermore, it is very important to have a micro-iontophoresis amplifier that allows for fast capacitance compensation of high resistance pipettes. Another crucial point is that no transmitter is involuntarily released by the pipette during the experiment.
Once established, this technique will give reliable and reproducible signals with a high neurotransmitter and location specificity. Compared to glutamate and GABA uncaging, fast iontophoresis allows using both transmitters at the same time but at very distant locations without limitation to the field of view. There are also advantages compared to focal electrical stimulation of axons: with micro-iontophoresis the location of the input site is definitely known and it is sure that only the neurotransmitter of interest is released. However it has to be considered that with micro-iontophoresis only the postsynapse is activated and presynaptic aspects of neurotransmitter release are not resolved. In this article we demonstrate how to set up micro-iontophoresis in brain slice experiments.

In this article we introduce fast micro-iontophoresis of neurotransmitters as a technique to investigate integration of postsynaptic signals with high spatial and temporal precision.

Glutamat ve GABA hızlı Micro-iyontoforez: Synaptic Entegrasyon Araştırma yararlı bir araç

One of the fundamental interests in neuroscience is to understand the integration of excitatory and inhibitory inputs along the very complex structure of ...

High-Resolution Quantitative Immunogold Analysis of Membrane Receptors at Retinal Ribbon Synapses

Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) receive excitatory glutamatergic input from bipolar cells. Synaptic excitation of RGCs is mediated postsynaptically by NMDA receptors (NMDARs) and AMPA receptors (AMPARs). Physiological data have indicated that glutamate receptors at RGCs are expressed not only in postsynaptic but also in perisynaptic or extrasynaptic membrane compartments. However, precise anatomical locations for glutamate receptors at RGC synapses have not been determined. Although a high-resolution quantitative analysis of glutamate receptors at central synapses is widely employed, this approach has had only limited success in the retina. We developed a postembedding immunogold method for analysis of membrane receptors, making it possible to estimate the number, density and variability of these receptors at retinal ribbon synapses. Here we describe the tools, reagents, and the practical steps that are needed for: 1) successful preparation of retinal fixation, 2) freeze-substitution, 3) postembedding immunogold electron microscope (EM) immunocytochemistry and, 4) quantitative visualization of glutamate receptors at ribbon synapses.

The postembedding immunogold method is one of the most effective ways to provide high-resolution analyses of the subcellular localization of specific molecules. Here we describe a protocol to quantitatively analyze glutamate receptors at retinal ribbon synapses.

Retina Şerit Sinapslar at Membran Reseptör Yüksek Çözünürlüklü Sayısal immunogold Analizi

Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) receive excitatory glutamatergic input from bipolar cells. Synaptic excitation of RGCs is mediated postsynaptically by NMDA ...

Analyzing Synaptic Modulation of Drosophila melanogaster Photoreceptors after Exposure to Prolonged Light

The nervous system has the remarkable ability to adapt and respond to various stimuli. This neural adjustment is largely achieved through plasticity at the synaptic level. The Active Zone (AZ) is the region at the presynaptic membrane that mediates neurotransmitter release and is composed of a dense collection of scaffold proteins. AZs of Drosophila melanogaster (Drosophila) photoreceptors undergo molecular remodeling after prolonged exposure to natural ambient light. Thus the level of neuronal activity can rearrange the molecular composition of the AZ and contribute to the regulation of the functional output.
Starting from the light exposure set-up preparation to the immunohistochemistry, this protocol details how to quantify the number, the spatial distribution, and the delocalization level of synaptic molecules at AZs in Drosophila photoreceptors. Using image analysis software, clusters of the GFP-fused AZ component Bruchpilot were identified for each R8 photoreceptor (R8) axon terminal. Detected Bruchpilot spots were automatically assigned to individual R8 axons. To calculate the distribution of spot frequency along the axon, we implemented a customized software plugin. Each axon&#39;s start-point and end-point were manually defined and the position of each Bruchpilot spot was projected onto the connecting line between start and end-point. Besides the number of Bruchpilot clusters, we also quantified the delocalization level of Bruchpilot-GFP within the clusters. These measurements reflect in detail the spatially resolved synaptic dynamics in a single neuron under different environmental conditions to stimuli.

Analyzing Synaptic Modulation of Drosophila melanogaster Photoreceptors after Exposure to Prolonged Light

Here we show how to quantify the number and spatial distribution of synaptic active zones in Drosophila melanogaster&#160;photoreceptors, highlighted with a genetically encoded molecular marker, and their modulation after prolonged exposure to light.

Synaptic Modülasyon Analizi<em&gt; Drosophila melanogaster</em&gt; Uzun süreli ışığa maruz kaldıktan sonra Fotoreseptörler

The nervous system has the remarkable ability to adapt and respond to various stimuli. This neural adjustment is largely achieved through plasticity at ...

The Use of Trace Eyeblink Classical Conditioning to Assess Hippocampal Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Neonatal rats were administered a relatively high concentration of ethyl alcohol (11.9% v/v) during postnatal days 4-9, a time when the fetal brain undergoes rapid organizational change and is similar to accelerated brain changes that occur during the third trimester in humans. This model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) produces severe brain damage, mimicking the amount and pattern of binge-drinking that occurs in some pregnant alcoholic mothers. We describe the use of trace eyeblink classical conditioning (ECC), a higher-order variant of associative learning, to assess long-term hippocampal dysfunction that is typically seen in alcohol-exposed adult offspring. At 90 days of age, rodents were surgically prepared with recording and stimulating electrodes, which measured electromyographic (EMG) blink activity from the left eyelid muscle and delivered mild shock posterior to the left eye, respectively. After a 5 day recovery period, they underwent 6 sessions of trace ECC to determine associative learning differences between alcohol-exposed and control rats. Trace ECC is one of many possible ECC procedures that can be easily modified using the same equipment and software, so that different neural systems can be assessed. ECC procedures in general, can be used as diagnostic tools for detecting neural pathology in different brain systems and different conditions that insult the brain.

Trace eyeblink classical conditioning (ECC) was used to assess hippocampal-dependent associative learning in adult rats that were administered a high concentration (11.9% v/v) of alcohol during early neonatal brain development. In general, ECC procedures are sound diagnostic tools for detecting brain dysfunction across many psychological and biomedical settings.

Hipokampal disfonksiyon Fetal alkol spektrum bozuklukları, fare modeli değerlendirmek için izleme Eyeblink Klasik koşullanma kullanımı

Neonatal rats were administered a relatively high concentration of ethyl alcohol (11.9% v/v) during postnatal days 4-9, a time when the fetal brain ...

Assessment of Blood-brain Barrier Permeability by Intravenous Infusion of FITC-labeled Albumin in a Mouse Model of Neurodegenerative Disease

Disruption of blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity is a common feature for different neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Although the interplay between perturbed BBB homeostasis and the pathogenesis of brain disorders needs further investigation, the development and validation of a reliable procedure to accurately detect BBB alterations may be crucial and represent a useful tool for potentially predicting disease progression and developing targeted therapeutic strategies.
Here, we present an easy and efficient procedure for evaluating BBB leakage in a neurodegenerative condition like that occurring in a preclinical mouse model of Huntington disease, in which defects in the permeability of BBB are clearly detectable precociously in the disease. Specifically, the high molecular weight fluorescein isothiocyanate labelled (FITC)-albumin, which is able to cross the BBB only when the latter is impaired, is acutely infused into a mouse jugular vein and its distribution in the vascular or parenchymal districts is then determined by fluorescence microscopy.
Accumulation of green fluorescent-albumin in the brain parenchyma functions as an index of aberrant BBB permeability and, when quantitated by using Image J processing software, is reported as Green Fluorescence Intensity.

In this study, we present an easy and efficient procedure for evaluating the disruption of the blood-brain barrier under neurodegenerative conditions. To achieve our objective, we infused high molecular weight fluorescein isothiocyanate labelled (FITC)-albumin into mouse jugular vein and evaluated its leakage into the brain parenchyma by fluorescence microscopy.

Kan - beyin bariyerini geçirgenliği FITC etiketli albümin nörodejeneratif hastalık, bir fare modeli intravenöz infüzyonu tarafından değerlendirilmesi

Disruption of blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity is a common feature for different neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Although the interplay ...

Quantitative Analysis of Neuronal Dendritic Arborization Complexity in Drosophila

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron, and dendritic morphology reflects synaptic organization during the development of the nervous system. Drosophila larval neuronal dendritic arborization (da) is an ideal model for studying morphogenesis of neural dendrites and gene function in the development of nervous system. There are four classes of da neurons. Class IV is the most complex with a branching pattern that covers almost the entire area of the larval body wall. We have previously characterized the effect of silencing the Drosophila ortholog of SOX5 on class IV neuronal dendritic arborization complexity (NDAC) using four parameters: the length of dendrites, the surface area of dendrite coverage, the total number of branches, and the branching structure. This protocol presents the workflow of NDAC quantitative analysis, consisting of larval dissection, confocal microscopy, and image analysis procedures using ImageJ software. Further insight into da neuronal development and its underlying mechanisms will improve the understanding of neuronal function and provide clues about the fundamental causes of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Quantitative Analysis of Neuronal Dendritic Arborization Complexity in Drosophila

This protocol focuses on quantitative analysis of neuronal dendritic arborization complexity (NDAC) in Drosophila, which can be used for studies of dendritic morphogenesis.

Kantitatif analiz Drosophila nöronal dendritik Arborization karmaşıklığı

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron, and dendritic morphology reflects synaptic organization during the development of the nervous system. ...

Quantitative Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration in Drosophila Through Unbiased Analysis of Fluorescently Tagged Proteins Using ImageJ

With the rising prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, it is increasingly important to understand the underlying pathophysiology that leads to neuronal dysfunction and loss. Fluorescence-based imaging tools and technologies enable unprecedented analysis of subcellular neurobiological processes, yet there is still a need for unbiased, reproducible, and accessible approaches for extracting quantifiable data from imaging studies. We have developed a simple and adaptable workflow to extract quantitative data from fluorescence-based imaging studies using Drosophila models of neurodegeneration. Specifically, we describe an easy-to-follow, semi-automated approach using Fiji/ImageJ to analyze two cellular processes: first, we quantify protein aggregate content and profile in the Drosophila optic lobe using fluorescent-tagged mutant huntingtin proteins; and second, we assess autophagy-lysosome flux in the Drosophila visual system with ratiometric-based quantification of a tandem fluorescent reporter of autophagy. Importantly, the protocol outlined here includes a semi-automated segmentation step to ensure all fluorescent structures are analyzed to minimize selection bias and to increase resolution of subtle comparisons. This approach can be extended for the analysis of other cell biological structures and processes implicated in neurodegeneration, such as proteinaceous puncta (stress granules and synaptic complexes), as well as membrane-bound compartments (mitochondria and membrane trafficking vesicles). This method provides a standardized, yet adaptable reference point for image analysis and quantification, and could facilitate reliability and reproducibility across the field, and ultimately enhance mechanistic understanding of neurodegeneration.

Quantitative Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration in Drosophila Through Unbiased Analysis of Fluorescently Tagged Proteins Using ImageJ

We have developed a simple and adaptable workflow to extract quantitative data from fluorescence-imaging-based cell biological studies of protein aggregation and autophagic flux in the central nervous system of Drosophila models of neurodegeneration.

Ateş Drosophila ImageJ kullanarak Fluorescently Tagged proteinlerin tarafsız analizi ile yılında niceliksel hücre biyolojisi

With the rising prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, it is increasingly important to understand the underlying pathophysiology that leads to neuronal ...

Isolation of Adult Spinal Cord Nuclei for Massively Parallel Single-nucleus RNA Sequencing

Probing an individual cell&#39;s gene expression enables the identification of cell type and cell state. Single-cell RNA sequencing has emerged as a powerful tool for studying transcriptional profiles of cells, particularly in heterogeneous tissues such as the central nervous system. However, dissociation methods required for single cell sequencing can lead to experimental changes in the gene expression and cell death. Furthermore, these methods are generally restricted to fresh tissue, thus limiting studies on archival and bio-bank material. Single nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-Seq) is an appealing alternative for transcriptional studies, given that it accurately identifies cell types, permits the study of tissue that is frozen or difficult to dissociate, and reduces dissociation-induced transcription. Here, we present a high-throughput protocol for rapid isolation of nuclei for downstream snRNA-Seq. This method enables isolation of nuclei from fresh or frozen spinal cord samples and can be combined with two massively parallel droplet encapsulation platforms.

Here, we present a protocol to rapidly isolate high-quality nuclei from the fresh or frozen tissue for downstream massively parallel RNA sequencing. We include detergent-mechanical and hypotonic-mechanical tissue disruption and cell lysis options, both of which can be used for isolation of nuclei.

Yetişkin omurilik çekirdeği yalıtım kitlesel paralel tek-çekirdek RNA sıralama için

Probing an individual cell&#39;s gene expression enables the identification of cell type and cell state. Single-cell RNA sequencing has emerged as a ...